Describe a previous teacher or experience that pointed you to becoming a science teacher on our "Teaching Inspirations" page.
Begin a Student Teaching Journal
In your journal:
Choose a topic you are likely to teach. Write down four questions that you could have students discuss as an opening activity. Be prepared to discuss these in class next week.
Before next week:
Clean up your online identities
Send Dr. F proof that you have taken your Praxis II tests at least once. (Content and PLT)
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least five articles on one of these topics:
Motivating students
Passionate Teaching
Project-based Teaching
Growth vs Fixed Mindset
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
21st Century Skills
Be prepared to teach the class about something you find interesting.
Writing
Prepare to tell a two-three minute story that teaches us something about the history of science. List two or three criteria you would like us to use to evaluate your story. Indicate the grade level for which you would use the story.
Think about what we need to consider to plan instruction.
Activities
Announcements/Administrativia
ST Applications
Discussion
Esquith: Ch 1-3
Chapters 3: NGSS Framework; NGSS LIfe Science PEs
Sharing:
Classroom Observations: What did you see?
Why did you choose your topic?
Teach us something interesting?
How did you add resource to your PKB?
Share your stories.
Add your story draft to our shared notebook.
How would we use what we've learned about the NGSS to plan a genetics unit?
What are the key elements of Direct Instruction?
Burden and Byrd Ch 5
Homework
Reading
Esquith, pp. 44-75.
Access Burden & Byrd Ch 6 - Indirect Instructional Strategies in our Shared Notebook. Take reading notes. Don't waste your time.
Research
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least five MORE articles on one of these topics:
Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 5 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
Be prepared to pose an opening graphic and question that might engage students with a topic of your choice.
Writing
Prepare a five slide presentation about a science topic of your choice. Develop 6 questions of different levels and types that you could use to encourage thinking and assess understanding of your topic.
What teaching and science topics did you research?
What do you have to share with us?
Student 5 Slide Presentations
Think of questions that YOU would ask your students about each topic.
Break
Team Mindmapping: What does the NGSS say about Evolution and Genetics
Unpack the NGSS Standard
Express your discussion as a mindmap. (Use or Mindmup or whiteboard)
Share your results
Work Session: Develop a discussion plan.
Share your thoughts about Esquith
What did you take away?
How will you apply his guidance to
your teaching philosophy?
your approach to teaching?
Homework
Observation
Watch what is going on one of your classrooms and complete Observe and Reflect Journal Entry #2
Reading
Esquith, pp. 75-96
Access Burden & Byrd Ch 7 - Strategies for Teaching for Understanding in our Shared Notebook. Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
Research
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
What teaching and science topics did you research?
What do you have to share with us?
Reactions to Esquith?
Student Opening Graphics
What will you ask your students?
Break
Review: What does the NGSS say about Evolution and Genetics?
Unpack the NGSS Standard by identifying key topics.
Share your results
Discussion: What does it mean to "teach for understanding?"
What is understanding?
How do you teach toward it?
Worksession: Lesson Planning
Homework
Observation
Watch what is going on one of your classrooms and complete Observe and Reflect Journal Entry #3
Reading
Esquith, pp. 97-142
Chiapetta & Koballa Ch 3: Planning. . Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
Research
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
Writing
Pick one topic from our mindmaps. Develop a Lesson Plan and all necessary instructional materials to teach this topic. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook.
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
Writing
Write another lesson for our unit plans by applying one of the ideas from the Trowbridge reading. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook. Include necessary instructional materials to teach this topic. Be ready to explain how you applied the model or approach in your lesson.
Present your lesson. (Please share in our shared notebook)
Objectives
Activities
Instructional materials
How did you apply/adapt instructional models?
BREAK
How is your organizing your PKB?
Tip sheet: Organize your Notebook!
Lesson Planning
Lesson formats
Writing Objectives
Worksession: Design a lesson sequence
Work in Pairs
Discuss content, map out how you would teach a concept in the unit.
Identify a lesson sequence
If time permits or finish at home:
Write a lesson plan
Develop instructional materials.
Share your progress.
Homework
Observation
Observe/Reflect Entry #4
Reading
The Greatest Obstacle (The Game of School) - See Observe/Reflect Journal Entry #4.
Research
Download the NGSS app from the App Store
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
Write another lesson base on what you learned tonight. Pay attention to your objectives, how you foster active learning, and developing your instructional materials. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook. Be ready to explain how you applied the model or approach in your lesson.
Write at least one lesson plan, including instructional materials.
Share an element of your lesson.
Identify next steps.
Homework
Observation
Observe/Reflect Entry #5
Reading
Krajcik: Developing materials to teach NGSS
Research
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
Develop a lesson sequence for our units that fosters active learning.
Activities
Opening
Anything to share?
Worksession: Unit Plans
Work in groups
Develop sequence of lessons.
Share out.
Write at least one lesson plan, including instructional materials.
Share an element of your lesson.
Identify next steps.
Homework
Observation
Observe/Reflect Entry #5
Reading
Krajcik: Developing materials to teach NGSS
Research
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
Develop a lesson sequence for our units that fosters active learning.
Activities
Opening
Anything to share?
Worksession: Unit Plans
Present a lesson.
Write at least one lesson plan that addresses a NGSS science and engineering practice.
Share an element of your lesson.
Identify next steps.
Homework
Observation
Observe/Reflect Entry #5
Reading
Sample NGSS Classroom Assessment
Research
Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
Previous Agendas
Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Reading
- Download the Framework for K-12 Science: Next Generation Science. Read Chapters 2 (Guiding Assumptions) and Chapter 3 (Science and Engineering Practices).
- Download 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics: High School Biology. Read p. 6 (Teacher Pedagogical Beliefs) and p. 16-19 (Classroom/HW Practices)
- Research
- Explore the NSTA website. Use the Evernote webclipper to clip 5 resources related to the Next Generations Science Standards
- Writing
- Draft your teaching philosophy and post on the Teaching Philosophies page on URITK.
- In your Student Teaching Journal
- Choose a topic you are likely to teach.
- Find four pictures showing phenomena related to this topic.
- Create a caption for each picture in the form of a question that might spark student curiosity in lcass
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Reading
- Esquith, pp. 1-43.
- Download the Next Generation Science Standards for Life Science. Review Performance Expectations for MS and HS.
- Access Burden & Byrd Ch 5 - Direct Instructional Strategies in our Shared Notebook. Take reading notes. Don't waste your time.
- Research
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least five articles on one of these topics:
- Motivating students
- Passionate Teaching
- Project-based Teaching
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
- Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
- 21st Century Skills
- Be prepared to teach the class about something you find interesting.
- Writing
- Prepare to tell a two-three minute story that teaches us something about the history of science. List two or three criteria you would like us to use to evaluate your story. Indicate the grade level for which you would use the story.
- Visit one of your ST placements. Complete the first Observe/Reflect Journal Entry
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Reading
- Esquith, pp. 44-75.
- Access Burden & Byrd Ch 6 - Indirect Instructional Strategies in our Shared Notebook. Take reading notes. Don't waste your time.
- Research
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least five MORE articles on one of these topics:
- Motivating students
- Passionate Teaching
- Project-based Teaching
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
- Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
- 21st Century Skills
- Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
- Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 5 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
- Be prepared to pose an opening graphic and question that might engage students with a topic of your choice.
- Writing
- Prepare a five slide presentation about a science topic of your choice. Develop 6 questions of different levels and types that you could use to encourage thinking and assess understanding of your topic.
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Observation
- Watch what is going on one of your classrooms and complete Observe and Reflect Journal Entry #2
- Reading
- Esquith, pp. 75-96
- Access Burden & Byrd Ch 7 - Strategies for Teaching for Understanding in our Shared Notebook. Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
- Research
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
- Motivating students
- Passionate Teaching
- Project-based Teaching
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
- Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
- 21st Century Skills
- Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
- Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
- Be prepared to pose an opening graphic and question that might engage students with a topic of your choice.
- Writing
- Pick one topic from our mindmaps. Develop a Lesson Plan to teach this topic. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook.
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Observation
- Watch what is going on one of your classrooms and complete Observe and Reflect Journal Entry #3
- Reading
- Esquith, pp. 97-142
- Chiapetta & Koballa Ch 3: Planning. . Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
- Research
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
- Motivating students
- Passionate Teaching
- Project-based Teaching
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
- Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
- 21st Century Skills
- Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
- Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
- Writing
- Pick one topic from our mindmaps. Develop a Lesson Plan and all necessary instructional materials to teach this topic. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook.
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Observation
- No reflection due this week.
- Reading
- Esquith, Do you want to continue?
- Trowbridge Ch 13: Models for Effective Science Teaching. . Don't waste your time by reading this w/o taking notes.
- Research
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
- Motivating students
- Passionate Teaching
- Project-based Teaching
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
- Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
- 21st Century Skills
- Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
- Explore ScienceDaily.com Use the webclipper to gather at least 10 science articles related to a science topic that we decide on in class.
- Writing
- Write another lesson for our unit plans by applying one of the ideas from the Trowbridge reading. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook. Include necessary instructional materials to teach this topic. Be ready to explain how you applied the model or approach in your lesson.
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
- Observation
- Observe/Reflect Entry #4
- Reading
- The Greatest Obstacle (The Game of School) - See Observe/Reflect Journal Entry #4.
- Research
- Download the NGSS app from the App Store
- Explore Edutopia, TEDTalks, or The Science Teacher, Educational Leadership, or Pi Delta Kappan to locate and summarize at least TEN MORE articles on one of these topics:
- Motivating students
- Passionate Teaching
- Project-based Teaching
- Growth vs Fixed Mindset
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation
- Metacognition - Teaching Thinking Skills
- 21st Century Skills
- Teaching science to ELLs
- NGSS: Science and Engineering Practices
- NGSS: Cross Cutting Themes
- NGSS: Core Disciplinary Ideas
- Classroom Questioning: Suggested Reference from Edutopia
- Writing
- Write another lesson base on what you learned tonight. Pay attention to your objectives, how you foster active learning, and developing your instructional materials. Use the Lesson Plan Template in our Shared Notebook. Be ready to explain how you applied the model or approach in your lesson.
If you haven't already:Goal(s) for Class
Activities
Homework
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Activities
Homework
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Agenda for Class 12Monday,December 2, 2013
Goal(s) for Class
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Homework
Monday, December 08, 2014
Please bring your laptop to class!
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...PKB Reflections
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